
James Burke
Biography
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James Burke (September 24, 1886 – May 23, 1968) was an American film and television actor born in New York City. He made his stage debut in New York around 1912 and went to Hollywood in 1933. He made over 200 film appearances during his career, which ranged from 1932 to 1964; he was more often than not cast as a cop, usually a none-too-bright one, most notably as Sgt. Velie in Columbia's Ellery Queen mysteries in the early 1940s. He appeared in The Maltese Falcon, At the Circus, Lone Star, and many others. One of his best roles was as Charles Ruggles' rowdy rancher pal in Ruggles of Red Gap.
In the early 1950s, Burke appeared with Tom Conway in the ABC detective drama series then called Inspector Mark Saber -- Homicide Detective, later renamed, reformatted, and switched to NBC under the title Saber of London. From 1960-1961, Burke appeared in the role of Zeke Bonner in seven episodes of the ABC western television series Stagecoach West, starring Wayne Rogers, Robert Bray, and Richard Eyer.
Burke suffered from a heart condition, which took his life at the age of eighty-one.
Acting (154 movies)

The Maltese Falcon
1941

The Big Clock
1948

Public Pigeon No. 1
1957

We're Not Married!
1952

At the Circus
1939

Bombshell
1933

Lucky Me
1954

Welcome Home
1935

Lady Killer
1933

Dead End
1937

Beau Geste
1939

All Through the Night
1942

36 Hours to Kill
1936

Toughest Man in Arizona
1952

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940

The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945

Great Guy
1936

Bowery Bombshell
1946

Body and Soul
1947

The Dawn Patrol
1938

Such Women Are Dangerous
1934

The Saint Strikes Back
1939

A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941

Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941

Ellery Queen, Master Detective
1940

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941

Philo Vance's Gamble
1947

Love Time
1934

The Saint Takes Over
1940

Little Miss Marker
1934

Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935

A Night to Remember
1942

Million Dollar Baby
1941

My Favorite Blonde
1942

Six of a Kind
1934

Warpath
1951

The Last Outpost
1951

The Golden Fleecing
1940

College Humor
1933

The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939

Raton Pass
1951

The Scarlet Empress
1934

Here Comes Cookie
1935

Ticket to a Crime
1934

Dinky
1935

Easy Come, Easy Go
1947

Men with Wings
1938

You Can't Take It with You
1938

So Red the Rose
1935

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948

Let's Dance
1950

Casanova Brown
1944

On Borrowed Time
1939

The Perfect Specimen
1937

Anchors Aweigh
1945

Two Years Before the Mast
1946

To the Last Man
1933

Joy of Living
1938

June Bride
1948

The Mad Miss Manton
1938

Call of the Wild
1935

Shamrock Hill
1949

The Affair of Susan
1935

Treasure Island
1934

High, Wide and Handsome
1937

The Mystery Man
1935

Lone Star
1952

Lady by Choice
1934

Down to Earth
1947

Army Surgeon
1942

The Affairs of Annabel
1938

A Very Honorable Guy
1934

Dixie
1943

Broadway Gondolier
1935

After the Dance
1935

The Family Next Door
1939

City Limits
1934

Music Is Magic
1935

Dancing Feet
1936

I Love a Bandleader
1945

Laughing at Trouble
1936

Face in the Sky
1933

The Unholy Wife
1957

Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934

Within the Law
1939

Dodge City
1939

Fast and Furious
1939

It Happened One Night
1934

Song and Dance Man
1936

Make a Million
1935

Klondike Annie
1936

The Timber Trail
1948

The Virginian
1946

3 Men in White
1944

Beyond Glory
1948

Denver and Rio Grande
1952

It Happened in Flatbush
1942
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